The next day, I dash home. I can't help but wonder about the girl I protected. Besides, today is the day I promised Lady Sarah a duel. There are so many reasons why I need to hurry.

I get home and log in as soon as I can. I wake up in my game bed and go to see her as soon as possible...

Soo...soo...

Why is she in my bed? And he's clutching his robe. And I didn't mind yesterday, but this girl has huge breasts. So this is the famous guessing attack!

What should we do? I can't wake her up to see her sleeping in peace. That's when Love Fire comes into the room.

''Ah, Takuto-brother. You're awake.''

'Oh, good morning. Love fire. By the way, how come you have a girlfriend in my bed?

I swear I didn't log out in her bed.

'Maybe, but I think she woke up in the middle of the night and crawled into her sleeping tact brother's bed.

I'm sure that's what I'm supposed to do, but... why are you in my bed? Normally, you'd go to the love fire.

I know how I feel. I'm sure I was scared, and I woke up in a strange place, and I was very anxious. If I could find a place where I felt safe, I would go under.

If you said that, I couldn't move even more. But I have an appointment with Princess Sarah and the others. I was wondering what I should do, when she wakes up. Her face looks so young.

''Hmm... ah, good morning.''

Oh. Good morning.

You speak the same Kyoto dialect as Inari-sama.

Oh?　Which one are you?　Why are you sleeping with me?

You're a laid-back kid. And that's what I want to know.

"My name's Tact. I'm a summoner. I don't know why you're lying in my bed, but this is our shop in the free-tier. You don't have to remind me of anything you don't like.

This hand... this hand... this smell... oh, I remember!　I've been bitten by you!

Oops. I just remembered... that I'd made a mistake. My a**h*le.

That's okay. Let's start with our introductions. This is Koihi, the girl. She's a Cerian Beast just like you.

It's...the love fire!

Cute girl. My name is Ako, and I'm a miko of Sai Sai in the Yellow Ossa Mountains. I'm a Sai priestess in the Yellow Ossa Mountains, at Nine-tailed Lady.

"A Qi maiden?

Love fire and tilting my head. I've never heard of it. But it seems that his appearance was a jarring one.

''Huh!　They're in perfect harmony. The priestess of Qi is a special priestess who possesses the ability to bring down gods. We were training every day to act as an intermediary between Nine-O-sama and Inari-sama.

Yeah. Turns out this girl is a pretty important girl. That's why Inari-sama moved.

"By the way, is this girl... is Koihi a sword maiden?

'The Sword Priestess?　I'm certainly using my sword skills, but...

Aha. That's my mistake. I was mistaken because I sensed Inari-sama's spirit from the love fire. Please bear with me.

Isn't she awesome? I certainly can't help but feel that from the love fire. I'll tell you what happened.

I'll tell you how it happened. Inari-sama is going to take a look at it for my sake of screwing up.

The Japanese fox turns away. I turned away too. It's bad manners to see tears you don't want to see.

'...Okyou. I was so happy that I couldn't help but cry (I did).

Good for you.

'Yes. Thank you for your help, An-san and the others. Thank you.

She's a polite girl. But I don't think goblins are allowed in the Yellow Ossa Mountains.

"We don't stay in the Yellow Ossa Mountains all the time either. Sometimes they disguise themselves as people and enter villages to get food for humans. We have a daughter to do that, but she got injured in a quarrel, so we had to go.

Was that where you were attacked by the goblins?

Yes, ma'am. The man who attacked us was a man in a hood.

I think it's him.

And then...

Don't tell me. I have a pretty good idea, and you don't want to be reminded of it.

...Hey. Great summoner.

'Brother Tact is the best summoner ever!

Love fire, don't raise the bar...there's a lot of times I've gone back to death or escaped. I'm a bad summoner who didn't float around in synthetic summons or make the opportunity to talk to everyone else moderately.

Then Ion walks in.

''Excuse me. Takuto-san, we need to head over soon or we'll be late.''

Oops. That's right. Thank God Aeon told me.

Can I help you with something?

Ah. We're going to have a training match with the knights of this country. Love Fire will be there too, do you want to come and watch?

Are you sure?　I'll take my leave now. Koibito, good luck.

'Yes, sir!　But I'll do my best!

I'm stumped...this could be bad. But even if I lose this, it will be a positive for Love Fire.

So I headed to the King's Castle, showed my guild card, and went inside. The guards led me to the training grounds and there were a lot of galleries. Eh? You're going to fight like this?

'I'm sorry...I called out to the other side and this is what happened...'

''It wasn't the princess's fault. It was because Henri-sama and Liese-sama made a scene.

It was those two! Oh, they're in the audience! And there's even a king!

'We haven't done anything like this lately. It's a festival before you know it. Well, ignore the crowd and fight on.

Don't be ridiculous. There's about one girl who's not good at this kind of thing. The love fire was completely turned to stone.

I can't do without it now, and the rules of the training match will be explained.

'There is no time limit, 5 vs. 5. It's a team match where you fight one person at a time. The use of skills is only prohibited for limited enhancement skills. Against this handicap, Tact-dono will be given the right to choose our opponent. Is that alright?

The limited enhancement skills are dragonization and blood awakening. So I can choose who I want to fight instead of being able to use them?

If I avoided a match with Princess Sarah, it would be a bad idea.

''Yes.''

We have prepared the weapons here. These are training weapons and cannot be destroyed in a duel, so you can use any of these weapons as you wish.

What's that? I want one. There are many different types of weapons. From the royal ones, such as the sword, to the more unusual ones, such as the tonfa, the iron fan, the three-jointed club, and the morning star.

And among them, of course, was the sword. My weapon has been chosen.

'Victory is won if the opponent is unable to fight, surrenders, or is knocked completely to the ground. Also, no outside advice, attacks, or support is allowed during a match. That's all I have to say. Do you have any questions?

'So a knee or some other body part doesn't constitute a defeat?

That's right.

I understand. I'm fine now.

Then the training matches will now begin!

Our training matches have begun.